RT Journal
A1 Torpy JM
T1 Still life: Tea set
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2009
FD December 2
VO 302
IS 21
SP 2292
OP 2292
DO 10.1001/jama.302.21.jcs90028
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.302.21.jcs90028
AB 
Jean-Étienne Liotard (1702-1789), in a far cry from the pastels and portraits for which he was noted, painted a slice of life in his genre scene Still Life: Tea Set (cover). Drinking tea—and also chocolate beverages (JAMA cover, May 15, 2002)—conveyed an exoticism, a sense of luxury, and the ultimate representation of excess time for leisurely pursuits. In addition to this composition centered around tea, Liotard, in 2 paintings from around 1744, also demonstrated the fine art of drinking chocolate (The Chocolate Girl [La belle chocolatière] and A Lady Pouring Chocolate [La chocolatière]). Chocolate, known in France from the early 1700s, was served at the court of Louis XIV at Versailles and was said to be highly favored, perhaps even more so than tea.